BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE HUMAN rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa wept in court yesterday after Vice President Constantino Chiwengaโs ex-wife, Marry Mubaiwa was issued with a warrant of arrest for failing to climb stairs to the courtroom due to ill health.
Mubaiwa was meant to appear in court on charges of attempting to kill Chiwenga.
๐ด๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐ฐ๐: ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ.๐น@TMutsvairo50 pic.twitter.com/bdNPrpnCDS
— NewsDay Zimbabwe (@NewsDayZimbabwe) August 5, 2022
She applied for exception of the charges saying the Zimbabwe courts had no jurisdiction over the alleged crime which occurred in neighbouring South Africa,
Mtetwa asked magistrate Florence Chakanyuka to deliver her ruling on Mubaiwaโs application saying her client was seriously ill, and could not make it to the courtroom from her vehicle that was parked outside.
The human rights lawyer asked the court to adjourn and assess her condition outside before giving a ruling.
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Mtetwa said she brought Mubaiwa to court despite her state because she was once issued with an arrest warrant while she was admitted in hospital. She had to be brought to court on a stretcher bed.
It breaks my heart to see one of Zimbabweโs most senior lawyers, the award winning Beatrice Mtetwa breaking down in front of cameras explaining how ZANUPF has destroyed the Justice system in Zimbabwe!
This affects anyone once you lose ZANU protection as we always tell ZANU folks pic.twitter.com/s4xm1yIDGU
— Hopewell Chinโono (@daddyhope) August 5, 2022
Prosecutor George Manokore did not oppose Mtetwaโs application to assess Mubaiwaโs health condition.
But Chakanyuka, after adjourning the matter, returned to say there were no provisions for the court to go outside the courtroom to assess Mubaiwaโs condition and issued an arrest warrant.
